Your Support of the UC Davis College of Letters and Science Makes All the Difference!

At the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, students learn to harness the power of the liberal arts to build lives of endless possibility. We prepare the innovators, problem-solvers and leaders of the future, strengthening their critical thinking and creativity for success in a fast-paced world where change is constant and careers are yet to be imagined.

Here, students cross disciplinary boundaries to find their own educational path, pursuing and combining majors ranging in art, economics, design, statistics, cinema and digital media, geology, communication, Native American studies, cognitive science, history, science and technology studies, comparative literature, Middle East and South Asia studies, music and dozens of other disciplines at the core of a UC Davis liberal arts education.

Our alumni are leading-edge thinkers who can work collaboratively in ways that converge disciplines and create new solutions. Our faculty's expertise in teaching and research combined with our commitment to real-world learning ensure access and opportunity to a diverse array of students who seek to make the world a better place.

We are extremely excited by the support for our challenges this year! Some challenges have closed, but you can still support them when you give.

Thank you for supporting the College of Letters and Science!

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Apr 21, 2018

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Apr 20, 2018

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State

Donors

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CA

198

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NJ

4

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CO

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$5,000

Center for African Diaspora Student Success Challenge

We reached our goal of 10 gifts! Thank you to our donors for your generous gifts, and for unlocking $5,000 from Deborah Thompson-Austin and Ron Austin, Jr.

7 / 7 Gifts

Completed

$5,000

Geology Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support for the Department of Geology is important and very much appreciated. Thank you to Lori L. Summa, Ph.D. for providing this $5,000 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$5,000

Joy S. Shinkoskey Concerts Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 20 gifts! Your support for the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concerts is important and very much appreciated. Thank you to Bret T. Hewitt for providing this $5,000 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

20 / 20 Gifts

Completed

$2,500

Manfred P. Fleischer Undergraduate Honors Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support for the Manfred P. Fleischer Undergraduate Honors Research Award is very much appreciated. Thank you to Courtney Linn and Sarah Aikenhead for providing this $2,500 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$3,000

Music Lesson Support Challenge

We reached our goal of 8 gifts! Thank you to our donors for your generous gifts, and for unlocking $3,000 from Janet E. Mayhew.

8 / 8 Gifts

Completed

$10,600

L&S Student Scholarship Challenge

We reached our goal of 10 gifts! Thank you to our donors for your generous gifts, and for unlocking $10,600 from The Parker Family Foundation.

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$25,000

Pathways to Professional Geology Challenge

Thank you! While we didn’t meet our challenge goal together we did make a big difference for the students and faculty in Geology. Roy Shlemon still made his generous gift of $25,000 and your gift was added to that contribution. Thank you for participating in UC Davis Give Day!

4 / 4 Gifts

Completed

$10,000

Quantum Mathematics And Physics Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support for QMAP Research Group General Support is very much appreciated. Thank you to an anonymous donor for providing this $10,000 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$2,500

R. Bryan Miller Symposium Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support for the R. Bryan Miller Symposium is very much appreciated. Thank you to Ramin Najafi, Ph.D., Joseph H. Pease, Ph.D. and Sundeep Dugar, Ph.D. for providing this $2,500 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$100,000

Chemistry Undergraduate Student Support Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 50 gifts! Your support of Chemistry Undergraduate Student Support Fund is important and very much appreciated. Thank you to Richard C. Larock, Ph.D. and John Maves for providing this $100,000 gift and inspiring others to give as well!

50 / 50 Gifts

Completed

$2,500

Student Fashion Show in Design Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support for the Student Fashion Show in Design is very much appreciated. Thank you to William and Nancy Roe for providing this $2,500 gift and inspiring others to give as well!

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 10 gifts! Your support of The Richard A. McGhee AJI Graduate Scholarship Fund is important and very much appreciated. Thank you to Rudy Haapenen, President, AJI for providing this $94,506.39 gift and inspiring others to give as well!

10 / 10 Gifts

Completed

$5,000

San Francisco Young Alumni Senior Award Challenge

Thank you! While we didn’t meet our challenge goal together we did make a big difference for students in the College of Letters and Science. Louderback Law Group still made their generous gift of $5,000 and your gift was added to that contribution. Thank you for participating in UC Davis Give Day!

8 / 8 Gifts

Completed

$5,000

L&S First Generation Student Fund Challenge

We reached our goal of 10 gifts! Thank you to our donors for your generousity and for unlocking $5,000 from Dory Shaw Ford and Brian Ford.

15 / 15 Gifts

Completed

$10,000

First-Year Seminar | Peter Hays Prize Writing Challenge

THANK YOU to our generous donors for helping us reach our goal of 15 gifts! Your support is important and very much appreciated. Thank you to the Peter and Myrna Hays Family for providing this $10,000 challenge gift and inspiring others to give as well!

15 / 15 Gifts

Completed

$10,000

Employee Giving Challenge | American Pacific Mortgage

We reached our goal of 250 gifts! Thank you to our donors for your generosity and for unlocking $10,000 from American Pacific Mortgage for the Larry N. Vanderhoef Staff Scholarship Fund.

250 / 250 Gifts

Completed

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